The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-04-07
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

ARTICLES Of incorporation of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Nebraska railroad were
filed in the office of the Secretary OF State
the other day. The object OF incorporation
is to construct a railroad and telegraph
| line from point on the State line OF Kan
sas, southeast Of Paola, thence northwest
| erly via Paola and Lawrence, through the
| counties Of Linn, Miami, Franklin, john
son, Douglas. Jefferson, Jackson, Atchison,
Brown and Nemaha, to the north line OF
| the State. The capital stock Of the COM
pany is one million dollars.
II a tree is planted on Arbor Day for
every inhabitant of Kansas and nurtured
! until it gets good start what beautiful
land this will be twenty years hence.
OVER. 1000 men are now engaged in
building the Rock Island extensions IN
Kansas and Nebraska.
THE State Silk Culture Commissioners
met at Topeka the other day and organized
by electing J. s. Codding president and J.
Morse secretary. They left for points along
TIE line Of the Santa Fe road to decide
where the silk culture station should be To-
-lted. They have $4,000 to expend.
THE Attorney General decides that the
Municipal Suffrage act does not confer upon
women the right to vote for justices of the
! peace, they not being municipal Offices
AFTER a two days contest the Executive
| Council elected Hon. a. r. Green member
| of the Board of Railroad Commissioners to
succeed L. L. Turner.
On April the post-offices of Downs and
| st. John were raised from fourth to third
| class or Presidential offices.
PosT-oFFICE changes in Kansas during
the week ended March 26th: Established,
Zenobia, Scott County, Mrs. Hattie Merritt.
| Discontinued, Brownlee Atchison County.
| Postmasters appointed. Clinton, Douglas
| County; Joseph W. Christian; Fowler,
Meade County, Joseph Vaughn; Irving,
| Marshall County, Florence Mcmillan; Fro
lection, Comanche County, Harvey I.
Rayl; Sheridan, Sheridan County, Valen-
| tine Gruber
THE employees of the Missouri Pacific
railway in Northern Kansas and Nebraska
recently presented w. w. Pagan, the retir-
ing superintendent of the Central Branch
division, a very handsome gold watch. The
watch was ordered from New York and
| cost $500. Colonel Pagan retires from the
road to assume the duties of the general
superintendent of the Kansas City, Spring
| field q Memphis road.
A DELEGATION from the department OF
I
for the purpose of securing headquarters
for the department during the National En-
campment, and quarters for the various
posts. After carefully examining the
grounds, the committee decided to place
| their headquarters in the Linden Hotel, and
have secured parlors &, and 9 for the week
of the encampment. After consultation 1t
was decided to give the department OF Kan
| sas the exclusive use of Washington Park
as a camping ground. The department of
Kansas will send at least %, 00O old soldiers
to the encampment.
Mr. JOHN SEBASTIAN has been appointed
general passenger and ticket agent OF the
Chicago Kansas Il Nebraska road, better
known as the Kansas extension of the Rock
Island route. The new road was opened
for business from ST.. Joseph to Hebron,
Neb, and from st. Joseph TO Topeka on
| Sunday, April 3:
THE Denver, Memphis & Atlantic road,
| which has been for some time under con-
struction across Southern Kansas ostensl-
bly, as an Independent Enterprise, has now
passed into the control OF the Missouri Pa
cific This adds to the latter some 200 miles
of road already constructed, with several
important extensions in progress westward
through Kansas and southwest into Indian
Territory, all these lines being virtually
parallel to lines of the Atchison, Topeka d
Santa Fe
THERE are ffty-ive daily newspapers
published in Kansas and the boom is grow
ing.
IT is stated that nearly seven thousand
passes have been returned to the Santa re
road that have become dead" by the OPP
erations of the Interstate law.
THE committee CT Odd Fellows appointed
by the Grand Lodge to arrange for an ex-
cursion to Denver during the third week in
September, on the occasion of the assem-
bling of the Sovereign Lodge, met at To-
peka the other day. Arrangements were
completed for the excursion and the follow
ing executive committee appointed: S. F.
Burdett, w. a. Carmony, c. H. Shafer, g.
A Huron and S. H. Kelsey. Messrs. Bur
dett, Shafer and Brant were appointed
committee to devise ways and means for
carrying out the plans. A'commlttee was
also appointed to arrange for transporta-
ton. 1t Is supposed that the excursion will
be over the Santa Fe, and that it will be
one of the largest affairs of the kind ever
given in the State. There will be special
train of delegates from the States east of
the Mississippi and also from Colorado.
This train will reach Kansas City on Satur-
day, September H.
CANNELL, who kidnapped his little daugh-
ter at Rossvi!le some time since from the
home of Mrs. Emmerson, who had adopted
the child, was subsequently arrested in
Southern Kansas after lively chase and
the child recovered. Canncll and two other
parties are in Jail for the offense.
A MEETING of the representatives of the
Kansas State Base Ball League was held at
Emporia the other day and permanent or
ganiZatlon effected. A committee was APP
pointed to make arrangements for gettInga
charter.
a LATE Washington dispatch says Ex-
Representative Hanback,, of Kansas, who
has been dangerously i'll, is now up and
will leave for the West soon. He has en-
tered into partnership and will pursue the
practice of law.
PENSIONS granted Kansans on the 1st:
James Douglass, of junction City; Orange
D. Draper. of Wichita; David Fife, of Cher
ryvale; Alexander Stephens, of Peabody;
James II. Roch, of Kanopolis; Henry l..
Heckerson, of Kirwin: Samuel Hayennar,
of Independence; John S. Wilson, of Downs;
Stillman Goodno, of Washington; James
Jameson, of Dodge City; Peter Goodnight,
of Wellington; Horace c. Derr, of Arkansas
City; Young J. Powell, of Robinson; Frank
NJ Tracy, Of Troy; John G. White, of Pitts
burg; Abraham s. Nowberger, of Museum;
William W. Jones, of Baxter Springs; Cyrus
S. Knowles, of Dial: Isaac \. Kinzie, of Sa-
lem; Joseph A. Gurley, of Leroy, and MIN
rod II. Endsley, of Badger Greek.
SALINA has 1,l52 school children.
THE other day sixteen-year-old boy by
the name of Shewalter, an inmate of the re-
form school at Topeka, who ran away from